Changing concepts of the sea, 1550–1950: an urban perspective

Sea myths have always proved to have greater appeal than the realities of commercial and military sea power. When England, France, the Netherlands and America began to operate commercial and military systems on the North Atlantic in the seventeenth century, the scale of sea power increased rapidly....

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Main Author: Konvitz, Josef W.
Other Authors: Sears, Mary, Merriman, Daniel
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Springer 1980
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North Atlantic
Online Access:https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/294104/
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spelling ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:294104 2023-05-15T17:30:14+02:00 Changing concepts of the sea, 1550–1950: an urban perspective Konvitz, Josef W. Sears, Mary Merriman, Daniel 1980 https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/294104/ unknown Springer Konvitz, J. W. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/14255.html> (1980) Changing concepts of the sea, 1550–1950: an urban perspective. In: Sears, M. and Merriman, D. (eds.) Oceanography: The Past. Springer, pp. 32-41. (doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-8090-0_4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8090-0_4>) Book Sections NonPeerReviewed 1980 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8090-0_4 2023-03-16T23:10:09Z Sea myths have always proved to have greater appeal than the realities of commercial and military sea power. When England, France, the Netherlands and America began to operate commercial and military systems on the North Atlantic in the seventeenth century, the scale of sea power increased rapidly. But changes in attitudes about the sea and seafaring in the societies responsible for and benefiting from that increase lagged. In a sense they have never caught up. Book Part North Atlantic University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications 32 41 New York, NY
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description Sea myths have always proved to have greater appeal than the realities of commercial and military sea power. When England, France, the Netherlands and America began to operate commercial and military systems on the North Atlantic in the seventeenth century, the scale of sea power increased rapidly. But changes in attitudes about the sea and seafaring in the societies responsible for and benefiting from that increase lagged. In a sense they have never caught up.
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op_relation Konvitz, J. W. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/14255.html> (1980) Changing concepts of the sea, 1550–1950: an urban perspective. In: Sears, M. and Merriman, D. (eds.) Oceanography: The Past. Springer, pp. 32-41. (doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-8090-0_4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8090-0_4>)
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